Fans of baseball flocked to Robert G. Fritz Memorial Field on May 16 in Cologne. There was no game. A matinee with the Hollanders and Carver postponed indefinitely. There were burgers and cheese curds, atop the hill at The Shack.

The Eden Prairie High School football factory had churned out 11 big-school state championships since 1996, yet only two of its players' names were called in an NFL draft prior to last year, Jay Foreman in 1999 and Carter Bykowski in 2013.

Ten Shakopee youth girls basketball teams have been named recipients of a Youth 1st Team Award for their outstanding sportsmanship during the 2020 MYAS Grade State Championships, held March 7-8, in 14 locations across the Twin Cities metro area.

Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and in accordance with governmental directives and public health officials’ guidance, the 2020 Minneapolis Athena Awards annual luncheon scheduled for Friday, May 8 has been canceled. This was the 48th Annual Athena Award Luncheon.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will cancel its 2020 egg take operations for walleye, northern pike, muskellunge and steelhead because the work cannot be done safely under COVID-19 social distancing guidelines.

Current high school sports officials, as well as individuals interested in joining the officiating ranks, will be able to access online education courses on the NFHS Learning Center for free through July 1.